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Ministry of Education
Rashtriya Raksha University inaugurates Project AKLVYS  at Dehradun, Uttarakhand
On 15.03.2023, Rashtriya Raksha University, An institute of National Importance Inaugurated its last training camp of 160 hours of Placement Linked Private Security Guard Training under -Amrit KaushaL Vikas Yojana – Suraksharth  at Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The inaugural Ceremony was graced by the presence of Shree Jitendra Kumar Sonkar ;Shree Nimesh Dave, Ms. Saumya Dwivedi  Shree Rakesh Chandra Dimri ; Shree Ajay Kumar Agarwal ; Shree Shakti Singh ; Shree S. K Jairaj  , Shree Neeraj Gupta ; Smt. Deepti Joshi( Assistant Director, Youth Welfare and Trainers from Fire Safety Department, Intelligence Bureau, SDRF, Local Investigation Unit and Police Health Dept.
Youth Welfare and Prantiya Rakshak Dal is the Project Implementing Agency for project. The training is to be conducted at Youth Centre, Aamwala, Derhradun – Uttarakhand . The training will be imparted to 105 training cadets out of which 26 are female candidates. The training candidates have arrived from districts – Haridwar, Almoda, Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital and Dehradun . The duration of the training is 160 hours  The training candidates will be placed in private security agencies after the successful completion of the course.
Project AKLVYS  is a pilot outreach project initiated by the Internship & Placement branch of Rashtriya Raksha University. This trainee-centric and placement-linked training initiative is a strategically designed unarmed security training programme that aims to motivate the youths  with minimum educational qualification of 10th passed aspirants to realign their focus toward national security and make them employable in the security domain. Under the said project Rashtriya Raksha University has already trained 878 candidates in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
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PIB Headquarters
Top 40 Indian, global economists, academics, biz leaders piece together Covid-19 assessment
Under unique initiative of the EEPC India, 40 economists and
academics of renowned Indian and international institutions have
pieced together their prescriptive assessment of the economic, social
and political impact of Covid-19, debating how India may emerge as an
alternate manufacturing hub to China, even as globalisation takes a
hit in the post-pandemic world.
The compendium of well-researched articles, ranging from challenges of
lockdown, impact on trade, fall-out on exports and MSMEs and the
emerging challenges for economic diplomacy has been brought out by the
Engineering Export Promotion Council of India  in
collaboration with the ASEAN-India Centre  at Research and
Information System for Developing Countries .
'' In particular, the publication, titled “COVID-19: Challenges for
the Indian Economy - Trade and Foreign Policy Effects' examines the
magnitude and the impact of the crisis on Indian economy – is it
shallow or deep, and the scope to rebound, particularly from the
point of view of exports. Several economists and scholars also give
their deep dive prescription for managing the immediate challenges of
business and income loss for the people while battling it out with the
global pandemic," wrote Mr Suranjan Gupta, Executive Director of the
EEPC India and Dr Prabir De, Professor at the Research and Information
System for Developing Countries  in their joint contribution.
The distinguished economists and academics, giving a diversified
picture of the Covid-19 impact were drawn from top institutions and
universities. These included Jawaharlal Nehru University , Indian
Council of Research on International Economic Research , School
of Environmental and Forestry Sciences, University of Washington,
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Indian Institute of Management and
Jadavpur University, among others.
''Although India has managed well till date in containing the spread
of the virus, the COVID-19 pandemic has already disrupted normal
economic activity and life in our country. India’s trade has been
severely impacted. People have a sudden loss of their income, causing
a major drop in demand. To rescue the economy, India has announced
impressive fiscal and monetary stimulus packages. This pandemic has
strong foreign and trade policy effects,'' said Dr Mohan Kumar,
Chairman , RIS.
Sharing a practitioner's ground report, EEPC Chairman Mr Ravi Sehgal
said, ''Pandemic comes at a worst of time when global economic order
is already exposed to rising trade protectionism, ongoing tariff
wars, unilateral economic sanctions, standstill at WTO talks, waning
economic and financial institutions and lack of mutual trust, wisdom
and initiation among global leadership''.
He said, the council would brainstorm different ideas and assessment
of some of the top economists and scholars as it endeavours to deal
with the worst global crisis in the living memory of people according to a press release issued by the EEPC.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
National Fertilizers ltd is taking active part in distributing essential items like food and medicines to support government's efforts to fight COVID-19
A leading Fertilizer company, National Fertilizers Ltd. under the Union Department of Fertilizers , Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry, Govt of India, is taking active part in distributing essential items like food, medicines and masks to support Government in its effort to combat COVID-19.
Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri DV Sadanada Gowda has appreciated the initiatives taken by the company.
NFL units across the country are engaged in different ways to carry out these activities for a national cause.
NFL Bathinda unit has provided 3,000 Masks to Distt Administration, Bathinda to fight Corona Pandemic. Sh A K Jain, CGM, NFL Bathinda along with other officials handed over the masks to DC, Bathinda, Sh B Srinivasan in the presenc of SSP, Bathinda Sh Nanak Singh.
NFL Panipat unit has contributed One Lakh rupees to District Relief Fund, Panipat. This is in addition to the one day salary of Rs. 88 Lakhs already contributed by employees of the company.
The Ladies Club of NFL, Nangal unit has sent grocery items worth 50,000 rupees to needy people, in and around Nangal, who were struck in #lockdown. Mrs Sunita Markan, President and other executive members of the club sought help of local SDM to distribute these items amid curfew in Punjab.
NFL State Office, Karnataka distributed N95masks and sanitizers for Public Service Officials in Bangalore.
CMD, NFL, Shri Manoj Mishra complimented the doctors, nurses & all health workers of NFL hospitals ,who are working day and night by putting their own lives at risk, and said that this is a great service to humanity.
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Ministry of Finance
New procedure for registration, approval, etc. of certain entities deferred to 1st October, 2020
In view of the unprecedented humanitarian and economic crisis, the CBDT has decided that the implementation of new procedure for approval/ registration/notification of certain entities shall be deferred to 1st October, 2020. Accordingly, the entities approved/ registered/ notified under section 10, 12AA, 35 and 80G of the Income-tax Act, 1961  would be required to file intimation within three months from 1st October, 2020, i.e, by 31st December, 2020. Further, the amended procedure for approval/ registration/ notification of new entities shall also apply from 1st October, 2020.
The necessary legislative amendments in this regard shall be proposed in due course.
Various representations were received in the finance ministry expressing concerns over the implementation of the new procedure from 1st June, 2020 due to the outbreak of novel corona virus  and consequent lockdown. There have been a number of requests to defer the applicability of the new procedure.
It may be noted that The Finance Act, 2020 rationalized the procedure relating to approval/ registration/ notification of certain entities referred to in sections 10, 12AA, 35 and 80G of the Act, with effect from 1st June, 2020. As per the new procedure, the entities already approved/ registered/ notified under these sections would be required to file intimation within three months, i.e, by 31st August, 2020. Further, the procedure for approval/ registration/ notification of new entities has also been rationalized with effect from 1st June, 2020.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister expresses happiness over the victory of the Indian Men's Hockey Team
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian Men's Hockey Team for winning fourth Asian Champions Trophy Title.
In a tweet, Prime Minister said;
“Congratulations to our Men's Hockey Team on the spectacular victory in the Asian Championship! This is India's 4th triumph and it showcases the tireless dedication, rigorous training and unyielding determination of our players. Their extraordinary performance has ignited immense pride across the nation. Best wishes to our players for their future endeavours.”
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval for naming of Greenfield International Airport Mopa, Goa as ‘Manohar International Airport – Mopa, Goa’, as a mark of tribute to Late Shri Manohar Parrikar, Ex-Defence Minister and Four-time Goa Chief Minister
The Union Cabinet chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval for naming of Greenfield International Airport Mopa, Goa as ‘Manohar International Airport – Mopa, Goa’, as a mark of tribute to Late Shri Manohar Parrikar, Ex-Defence Minister and Four-time Goa Chief Minister.
To fulfil the cherished aspirations of the people of the State of Goa, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa conveyed unanimous decision of the Cabinet of State Government of Goa to name the Greenfield International Airport, Mopa, Goa as ‘Manohar International Airport – Mopa, Goa’.
The Greenfield Airport at Mopa, Goa has been inaugurated by Hon,ble Prime Minister in December, 2022. The Airport has been named after Late Dr. Manohar Parrikar, former Chief Minister and Ex-Raksha Mantri of Union of India in recognition of his contribution in building up modern Goa.
NITI Aayog
Presentations on NITI Aayog’s work, GST, and raising agricultural income, made at meeting of Governing Council, NITI Aayog
At the third meeting of the Governing Council, NITI Aayog, the CEO, NITI, Shri Amitabh Kant, apprised the gathering of the work done by Niti Aayog for transforming the economy and cooperation with States in the sectors of education, health, infrastructure etc. He spoke of the work done by the sub-groups of Chief Ministers on rationalisation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes, Swachh Bharat Mission and Skill Development. He outlined initiatives taken in areas such as agriculture, poverty elimination, health, education, digital payments, disinvestment, coastal zone and island development etc. He said that NITI will work with States to improve basic services and infrastructure, in districts and regions which require specific attention. He reiterated its resolve to facilitate partnership with States for transforming India under the framework of cooperative and competitive federalism. He requested the states to treat NITI as their outpost in Delhi.
NITI Aayog is working on a platform for sharing best practices to strengthen the learning ecosystem. It has partnered with large number of top ranking Institutions for knowledge sharing and ideation, to nurture evidence based policy making.
Vice Chairman, NITI Dr Arvind Panagariya set out the new approach which envisages a 15 year long term vision, accompanied by a 7 year strategy and a 3 year action agenda. He gave an outline of the draft Action Agenda circulated at the meeting, which had been prepared with inputs from the states. He noted that there were over 300 specific action points that had been identified, covering the whole gamut of sectors. The period of the Action Agenda coincided with the period of the 14th Finance Commission’s award. This gave stability to the funding estimates of both Centre and States. He solicited the inputs and support of the states in taking the vision forward.
Revenue Secretary Shri Hasmukh Adhia made a presentation on GST, explaining the benefits of the system and the way forward. He urged the Chief Ministers to expedite the enactment of State GST Acts.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, made a presentation on doubling of farmers’ income. He touched on areas such as irrigation, technology generation and dissemination, policy and market reforms, e-NAM, livestock productivity etc.
Member-Agriculture, NITI Aayog, Shri Ramesh Chand elaborated on some of the steps needed for doubling farmers’ income and spoke of the various elements of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, such as Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme, Har Khet Ko Pani, and Per Drop, More Crop.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways announces additional measures for the prevention of COVID-19
Indian Railways has announced the following additional measures to contain the spread of Corona Virus :
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To discourage unnecessary travel and to prevent the vulnerable category of Senior Citizens from undertaking unnecessary travels, concessional booking of all tickets except Patients, students and Divyangjan category for Unreserved & Reserved segment are being suspended form 00:00 hrs of 20th March till further advisory.
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As a precautionary measure and to discourage nonessential travel and overcrowding of trains, so far total 155 pairs of low occupancy trains are cancelled up to 31.03.20. Trains are cancelled keeping in view the availability of alternate trains for passengers and ensuring that no passenger shall remain stranded. Full refund is being given to all the passengers whose train has been cancelled.
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Indian Railways has also facilitated return of students stranded in Northern part of country due to sudden closure of Educational Institutions to their homes in Southern, Northern-Eastern and Eastern regions of India.
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Advisories are being issued to passengers to avoid non-essential train journeys and to ensure that they do not have running fever while they are commencing the journey. At any point of journey if passenger feels that he is having fever, he can contact the Railway Staff for medical attention and further assistance.
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To avoid unnecessary crowding at Railway Stations in wake of spread of COVID 19. It has been instructed to DRMs to review the situation over railway stations and raise the price of Platform Ticket to Rs. 50 wherever necessary.
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Regular Announcement are being done on PA System of Railway Stations & Trains to sensitize the public about various Do’s & Don’ts highlighting :
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Keeping hands clean by frequent washing of hands;
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Maintain social distance & covering the mouth while sneezing and coughing;
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Precautions to be taken if one has running fever-;
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Not spitting anywhere in the public place and Railway premises and
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Avoid overcrowding & to ensure distancing between passengers in trains including suburban trains.
Special Service and Features
Brief on the illegal telecom setup busted in Chennai District, Tamil Nadu on 23.11.2022
A team of officials/officers from Department of Telecommunications , Tamil Nadu LSA,Law Enforcement Agency including Tamil Nadu Police and Chennai Telephones, BSNL, jointly raided the suspected house in Aminjikarai Chennai-29 and busted an illegal telecom set up, based on the inputs provided by the DoT, Tamil Nadu LSA and BSNL.
It has been found that an illegal telecom set up consisting of Subscriber Identification Module  box and a wireless internet router were used to terminate international calls as local calls bypassing the licensed International long-distance operator’s  Network.
The SIM box fraud is a setup where fraudsters team up with partners abroad to route international calls through the internet using Voice over Internet Protocol . These international calls will appear as calls with local/national CLI. Such illegal telecom setups pose threat to national security in addition to causing revenue loss to the Telecom Service Providers  & Government exchequer.
Illegal telephone setups in two locations at Chennai were busted on 23.11.2022. The equipment and setups were seized by the Police officials of Chennai Tamil Nadu. The setup consisted of the following:
- No of SIM Gateways  : 4.
- No of BSNL SIMs used : 130 
- SIM to WIFI Hotspot  : 2
Stray SIM cards, mobile and other similar equipment were also seized.
BSNL, Chennai Telephones has filed FIR against the accused for having performed such unlawful activities.
DoT has notified a toll free number “1800 110 420 / 1963” on which the public can inform DoT Call Center about receipt of an international call with local/national CLI or no number displayed on their phone.
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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
On capping of Trade Margin by the Union Government, 91% of brands of 5 Medical Devices report downward revision of prices up to 88%
Highest reduction in prices for Pulse Oximeters, Blood Pressure Monitoring Machine and Nebulizer has been reported by importers
The revised MRP is effective from 20th July 2021
In a significant decision by the Union Government, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority  exercising extraordinary powers in public interest, has capped the Trade Margin vide notification dated 13th July 2021 for five Medical Devices.
These are:
- Pulse Oximeter,
- Blood Pressure Monitoring Machine,
- Nebulizer,
- Digital Thermometer, and
- Glucometer.
The margin was capped up to 70% on Price to Distributor  level. Pursuant there to, a total of 684 products/brands of these medical devices have been reported as on 23rd July 2021 and 620 products/brands  have reported downward revision of MRP.
The maximum downward revision has been reported by imported brand of Pulse Oximeter, showing reduction of Rs. 2,95,375 per unit. The details of price reduction are given in the table below:
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Sl. No
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Medical Devices
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No of Brands Reported after the Notification
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No of Brands reported Downward revision of MRP
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Maximum Reduction Reported in MRP
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Rs
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Percentage
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1A
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Pulse Oximeter - Finger tip
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136
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127 
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5,150
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88%
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1B
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Pulse Oximeter - Others
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73
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62 
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2,95,375
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47%
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2
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Blood Pressure Monitoring Machine
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216
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195 
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6,495
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83%
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3
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Nebulizer
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137
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124 
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15,175
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77%
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4
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Digital Thermometer
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88
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80 
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5,360
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77%
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5
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Glucometer
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34
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32 
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1,500
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80%
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Total
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684
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620 
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The downward revision of MRP has been reported by imported and domestic brands across all the categories. The highest reduction in prices for Pulse Oximeters, Blood Pressure Monitoring Machine and Nebulizer has been reported by importers.
The revised MRP effective from 20th July 2021 on all the brands and specifications has been shared with the State Drug Controllers for strict monitoring and enforcement. The relevant instructions are available on NPPA’s website . In order to monitor availability, the manufacturers / importers of these medical devices have been directed to submit quarterly stock details.
This significant move has received support from Industry Associations like FICCI, AdvaMed, and AMCHAM.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Open defecation free villages
Swachh Bharat Mission  [SBM ] was launched on 2nd October, 2014 with the main goal to make the country Open Defecation Free  by October 02, 2019 by providing access to toilets to all the rural households. For implementation of the programme, a dedicated institutional structure was set up by all the States/UTs at State and district levels viz. State Swachh Bharat Mission and District Swachh Bharat Mission. At the village level, the GP or its sub-committee namely Village Water and Sanitation Committee was responsible for implementation of the programme. The functionaries were trained by Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation and States through Key Resource Centres, Development Partners, Master Trainers, etc. Having achieved the outcome of ODF, the programme is being continued as its Phase-II during 2020-21 to 2024-25 with the focus on sustainability of ODF status and to cover all villages with Solid and Liquid Waste Management, i.e. to transform the villages from ODF to ODF Plus, by 2024-25. The institutional structure set up at State/District/GP level under Phase-I of the programme has been continued for implementation of Phase-II.
All the villages in the country had declared themselves ODF by October 02, 2019. Under Phase-II of SBM , the focus is on sustaining the ODF status of villages and to make arrangements for solid and liquid waste management in all villages. All the villages of the country are being covered under SBM  Phase-II for transforming them from ODF to ODF Plus.
, more than 11 crore individual household latrines and 2.13 lakh community sanitary complexes have been constructed under SBM . All the villages had declared themselves ODF by 2nd October, 2019. Further, 96,622 villages have declared themselves ODF Plus till August 01, 2022.
Details of funds allocated by the Government of India under SBM  and their utilization during the last three years and the current year are as under:

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Year
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Funds allocated
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Funds utilized
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2019-20
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11938.22
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11845.71
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2020-21
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6000.00
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4947.92
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2021-22
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6000.00
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3111.36
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2022-23
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7192.00
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578.36
All the villages have already declared themselves ODF.
This information was given by the Minister of State, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Schemes initiated by Department of AHD to promote and develop animal husbandry and dairying to enhance farmers’ income
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt. of India is implementing following schemes to supplement the efforts of the States/UTs across the country for promotion and development of animal husbandry and dairying which helps to enhance farmers’ income as under:
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- Rashtriya Gokul Mission,
- National Programme for Dairy Development,
- Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund,
- Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities
- National Livestock Mission,
- Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
- Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey
This information was given by Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
President's Secretariat
PRESIDENT OF INDIA REACHED THE NETHERLANDS YESTERDAY; ATTENDED NAMING CEREMONY OF A TULIP BREED ‘MAITRI’ AT KEUKENHOF TULIP PARK
TODAY, PRESIDENT KOVIND RECEIVES CEREMONIAL WELCOME; ATTENDS LUNCH HOSTED BY HIS MAJESTY KING WILLEM-ALEXANDER AND HER MAJESTY QUEEN MAXIMA
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind reached Amsterdam, the Netherlands yesterday  on the final part of his two-nation visit.
In the evening of April 4, 2022, the President visited the Keukenhof Tulip Park in Amsterdam to attend the naming ceremony of a tulip breed where he was received by the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Mr. Wopke Hoekstra. The tulip breed was named as ‘Maitri’ to symbolize the special and enduring friendship between India and the Netherlands.
In his brief remarks on the occasion, the President said that today, a new flower would bloom for India-Netherlands relations. He thanked the Government of the Netherlands for that unique gesture and appreciated the efforts of the breeders of that beautiful new Tulip variant. He said that it would inspire us to work towards strengthening bonds of friendship and ties between people of India and the Netherlands.
This morning , the President was received by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Maxima at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam and accorded ceremonial welcome at the Dam Square. After the welcome and the wreath laying ceremony, the King and the Queen hosted a luncheon in honour of the President.
In the evening, King Willem and Queen Maxima will also host a banquet in honour of the President.